ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,500, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Acoustic wave device" was invented by Tetsuya Kimura (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic wave device includes a support with a thickness in a first direction, a piezoelectric layer in the first direction, and an interdigital transducer electrode in the first direction with first electrode fingers in a second direction, a first busbar electrode connected to the first electrode fingers, second electrode fingers in the second direction and facing corresponding ones of the first electrode fingers in a third direction, and a se...